Ministry of Rural Development
Special Campaign 2.0- Initiatives relating to Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievance launched the Special Campaign 2.0 from 2nd October to 31st October 2022, drawing the inspiration from Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s vision and mission to institutionalize Swachhata and minimize pendency in Government. Accordingly, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development actively participated in the Special Campaign 2.0.
Minister of Rural Development and Minister of State for Rural Development took regular review meetings on the progress of the Campaign. Secretary  took weekly meetings with all Senior Level Officers/Divisional Heads to review the progress made by different Divisions/Sections offices of DoLR under Special Campaign 2.0. Under the “Special Campaign 2.0”, activities relating to deep cleanliness, review/weeding out of files, productive use of space etc. are being undertaken in all the offices of DoLR. Pendency in the reference categories such as reference from Members of Parliament, references from State Government, public grievances and appeals are disposed off.
The Special Campaign 2.0 has been taken in real spirit in the Department of Land Resources. Activities taken up by Department of Land Resources with respect to the Special Campaign 2.0 are as under:
- Secretary  inspected the various office premises and directed to take activities such as white washing of walls, removal of seepage, renovation of pantry room and other places/rooms, painting of almirahs etc.
- Four Best Practices were initiated by DoLR during Special Campaign 2.0 as below;
a) Under the campaign ‘My plant, My LiFE’, the Department has taken up an initiative to sensitize officers and staff members to promote “climate positive individual action” in offices, by encouraging them to keep potted indoor plants in workspaces and tend them and nurture them on a daily basis. Thereby strengthening the bond between the individual and the environment. Each such “climate positive individual action” addresses issues in the global campaign of “LiFE” led by Prime Minister.
b) Under the campaign ‘Saving energy for LiFE’, all Officers of the Department are sensitized to promote “climate positive individual action” by taking up simple action such as switching off office room/chamber lights during lunch time. Each such “climate positive individual action” addresses issues in the global campaign of “LiFE” led by Prime Minister.
c) Department of Land Resources had setup a ‘Rejuve Wellness Centre’ at its Shivaji Stadium Annexe Office premise in 2021. The wellness centre is used by employees for performing yoga, meditation as part of health de-stress management. The facility has been recognized as a special achievement in the Good Governance Week  by DAPRPG. As part of preparatory phase of Special Campaign 2.0, the facility was filmed by DD News team for highlighting its importance. Secretary, DARPG visited Health Rejuve on 10th October 2022 to capture activities of the model Wellness centre.
Two sessions on Stress Management through a renowned expert on 20th and 21st September, 2022 at REJUVE Wellness Centre were organized for the officers and officials of the Department. Department organized two sessions on Yoga and Ayurveda through renowned Yoga and Ayurveda experts on 21stand 28th October 2022 at REJUVE Wellness Centre for the officers of the Department as well as officers of other Departments. A session on ‘Healthy food habits” was organized on 31st October 2022.
d) All old physical files/ records that require retention are being kept in record room. For easy of identification of old records, digitization has been undertaken by way of a special initiative called “KHOJ”, wherein old records in Record room could be accessed by clicking barcodes.
- In order to ensure cleanliness and involvement of all officers in the campaign, Nodal Officers have been nominated for all three buildings, beside an overall Nodal Officer in the Department. As per the direction of Union Minister of Rural Development, weekly reports on Cleanliness activities in the Department are being sent. Nodal Officer has also taken review meetings and inspected all sites.
- 323 original tweets on Special Campaign 2.0 have been done by the Department and the same were amplified through other social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.
- Data uploaded on SCDPM Portal of DARPG on regular basis.